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Studies: Performance, Reliability, Connection Speeds Up For Internet, TV

DETROIT - The number of performance quality, reliability and connection speed problems has declined from last year as TV and Internet service providers continue to upgrade their networks to newer technology and faster connection speeds, according to the three U.S. wireline studies released Thursday. The annual wireline studies evaluate residential customers? experiences with TV, Internet

By |2014-09-25T00:00:00-04:00September 25th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Urban Sustainability, Connected Technologies Focus Of Toyota Conference

DETROIT - American cities are dramatically changing and face many challenges. How can they address urban sustainability and the complexities of connected technology? Those questions will ne addressed from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, Toyota leaders will join 350 of the world?s greatest thinkers at the Meeting of the Minds 2014 summit to explore this

By |2014-09-25T00:00:00-04:00September 25th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Study Says Michigan Now 30th Most Competitive

LANSING - Michigan's overall economic competitiveness has improved at an "impressive rate," a study released Wednesday by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce showed, with the state jumping nine spots to be the 30th most competitive state in the union. The state saw improvements in all the factors the study measured, showing the biggest improvement in

By |2014-09-25T00:00:00-04:00September 25th, 2014|Archive, Politics/Government|

September ‘On the Road’ With Stephen Rapundalo

ANN ARBOR - The last month has been extremely busy as we put the final planning touches to the 2014 MichBio Expo & Conference and prepared the next issue of BioMatters? more on that later. In late August I visited Thermo Fisher Immunodiagnostics (i.e., Phadia U.S.) in Portage and met with the Medical Director, Rob

By |2014-09-25T00:00:00-04:00September 25th, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

Faurecia North America Employees Gear Up To Feed The Hungry In Local Communities

AUBURN HILLS - Employees of Faurecia North America next week will launch its fifth annual FUELS community food drive, a program that has provided more than 2.4 million meals since 2010 for hundreds of thousands of hungry residents across Canada, Mexico and the U.S. More than 20,000 Faurecia employees from the company?s 47 locations will

By |2014-09-25T00:00:00-04:00September 25th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

AT&T Offers Business Fiber High Speed Internet Service In Detroit

DETROIT - AT&T announced Wednesday a new U-verse High Speed Internet service for Detroit businesses ? AT&T Business Fiber ? that provides businesses operating in AT&T Fiber Ready Buildings with fast broadband speeds. The new Internet service will offer upload and download speeds ? over AT&T?s high speed fiber network ? up to 300 Mbps

By |2014-09-25T00:00:00-04:00September 25th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

One Step Closer To Creating Star Trek-Style Transporter, Warp Drive

SAN FRANCISCO - We're one step closer to creating the Ansible communicator in "Ender's Game," the warp drive envisioned by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre and a "Star Trek"-style Transporter. Or we can at least keep thinking that while scientists do the hard, incremental physics required to keep us dreaming of those kinds of future advancements.

By |2014-09-25T00:00:00-04:00September 25th, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

Gov. Snyder Helps Kettering University Open FIRST Robotics Community Center

FLINT - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder?s reaction to seeing the FIRST Robotics Community Center at Kettering University could be summed up in a few words -- ?To put it simply, this is awesome,? Snyder said. Snyder was among several dignitaries, including Don Bossi, president of FIRST Robotics, Flint Mayor Dayne Walling and Jennifer Liversedge of

By |2014-09-25T00:00:00-04:00September 25th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

New Poll Shows Snyder Up Against Schauer

LANSING - A poll released Wednesday showed Governor Rick Snyder up by 6 percentage points over his Democratic rival Mark Schauer, and GOP officials said the results show that Snyder's message that Michigan is coming back is resonating with the public. The poll also came out as the Michigan Republican Party hammered harder on the

By |2014-09-25T00:00:00-04:00September 25th, 2014|Archive, Politics/Government|